2012 archive

Matt Almonte was released from jail today! He would like to thank everyone who donated to his legal fund and everyone who wrote letters of support. He was amazed and overwhelmed at all the love and support from around the country and around the world.

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Isabel and Matt had their bail reduction hearing yesterday, after 23 days in jail. Thomas. A. Dunn, the judge who originally set their bail at $65,000 each, recused himself from the case for undisclosed reasons. Community members such as Pastor Kyle Childress of Austin Heights Baptist Church testified as character witnesses. The replacement judge, Floyd …